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Barrancapus cresapi ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	131589	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=131589

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Barrancapus : Barrancapus cresapi

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Eusaurischia	Padian et al. 1999
-	Sauropodomorpha
-	Plateosauria
-	Anchisauria	Galton and Upchurch 2004
-	Prosauropoda
genus	Barrancapus	Hunt et al. 1993
species	Barrancapus cresapi	Hunt et al. 1993

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Barrancapus cresapi	species	belongs to Barrancapus	stated with evidence	Hunt et al., 1993
Barrancapus cresapi	species	belongs to Barrancapus	stated without evidence	Hunt and Lucas, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Prosauropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Prosauropoda)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. P. Hunt, M. G. Lockley, and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Vertebrate and invertebrate tracks and trackways from Upper Triassic strata of the Tucumcari Basin, east-central New Mexico, USA. In S. G. Lucas and M. Morales (eds.), The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3:199-201

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1993	Barrancapus cresapi Hunt et al. p. 200
2007	Barrancapus cresapi Hunt and Lucas p. 222

References

Hunt A. P., Lockley M. G., et al (1993) Vertebrate and invertebrate tracks and trackways from Upper Triassic strata of the Tucumcari Basin, east-central New Mexico, USA, The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3, 199-201

Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (2007) Late Triassic tetrapod tracks of western North America, In S. G. Lucas & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Triassic of the American West. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 40, 215-230

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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